Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Signing Documents with a personal Certificate

On 2012-06-21 20:29, Andreas Säger wrote:
> Am 21.06.2012 07:47, Marc Grober wrote:
> > https://www.cacert.org/index.php?id=1
> >
> > On 6/20/12 6:14 PM, James Knott wrote:
> > > Marc Grober wrote:
> > > > get a cert from CACert.org
> > >
> > > Hmmm...
> > >
> > > I just tried going to that site and got this:
> > >
> > > "This Connection is Untrusted
> > >
> > > You have asked Firefox to connectsecurely to www.cacert.org, but we 
> > > can't
> > > confirm that your connection is secure.
> > >
> > > Normally, when you try to connect securely, sites will present trusted
> > > identification
> > > to prove that you are going to the right place. However, this site's
> > > identity can't be
> > > verified.
>
> From my perspective cacert.org is a hacked site. My Firefox issues the 
> same warning about untrusted connection.
> As soon as I use the unencrypted connection ...
>
> > http://www.cecert.org/index.php?id=1
>
> ... I'm prompted for all kinds of personal information.
I think firefox throws a tiz because it is a self signed cert (they 
certify their own certificate).
I get the same thing for the self signed cert I use on our web server 
(company access only) and on my router.
steve

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